Machine for stacking hay and straw



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MACHINE FORSTAGKING HAY AND STRAW. N0. 258,463.

Patented May 23, 1882,

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JOHN Q. A. NEWSOM, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR STACKING HAY AND STRAW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,463, dated lMay 23, 1882,

Application filed August 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J'OHN Q. A. NEWSOM, of the city of Indianapolis, cou nty of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Stacking Hay and Straw, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to form hay, straw, 850., into the usual conical stacks by means of machinery, dispensing almost entirely with manual labor in the operation. This object is accomplished by setting a shaft vertically in the center of the space for the proposed stack, connecting thereto a series of movable arms, and providing means for regulating and adjusting the same and putting them in motion, all as will hereinafter be more specifically set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a parthereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved stacker, three arms only being shown; Fig. 2, a top or plan view, showing all the arms; Fig. 3, a detail view, partly in section and partlyin side elevation, on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4, a'detail view, lookingdownwardly from the dotted linear or in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a vertical section on the dotted line 3 y of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a detail under-side plan of aportion of one of the arms on an enlarged scale; Fig. 7, a transverse vertical section thereof on the dotted line a c on Fig. 6; Fig. 8, a side elevation of an alternate construction of the stacker, whereby it may be run by power applied to the central pole or shaft; Fig. 9, a vertical section of the connections at the top of Fig. 8 on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 10 a horizontal section on the line w w on Fig. 9.

In said drawings the portions marked A rep-- resent the central post to the stacker; B B, the arms and their extensions; 0, the crosshead to which the arms are secured; D, abox in the cross-head; E, a trunnioned ring at the upper end of the box; F, a rope running from the ring E or a projection thereon to and over the trucks A H to the spool F; G, uy-ropes for the stacker; H, stays or props for said guyropes, and I, whifitletree attachments by which the arms are drawn around.

In Figs. 8, 9, and 10, J isagear-wheel upon gers b are also pivoted.

the shaft A; K, a gear-wheel upon the shaft L, which meshes into the gear-wheel J; L, said shaft which drives said gear-wheels, and M a carrier for delivering straw upon the top of the stack.

The pole A is set in the ground, is stationary, and the arms revolve around it, the box D being fitted loosely thereon. It carries the cross-head O and the arms B, and has upon its top the sheave A, over which the rope F passes.

The arms B are preferably curved timbers and are provided with arms or guide-fingers I), which are secured thereto by pivots I). (See Fig. 6.) Upon the fingers, beside and near to the arms B, runs a rod, B to which the fin- A screw-eye, b is secured to the arm B, and a thumb-screw, B passes through it and is attached to the end of the rod B whereby said rod may be moved back and forth, and the relative position of the fingersb to the arms B is thus enabled to be changed. T he guidingfingers b are divided into two sets, with a rod, screw-eye, and-thumbscrew to each. The upper set is provided with a long thumb-screw, as shown, which passes by the lower set, and is operated from the same point as the thumb-screw which operates said lower set is. The operation of these screws is to force the free ends of the fingers b nearer to or farther from the pole A than is their point of attachment to the arms B, and they are thereby enabled to draw in or force out the straw as the arms B revolve. The extensions B of the arms B are secured to said arms bybands thereon, through which said extensions B may freely pass, whereby said extensions B are enabled to slide on or alongside said arms B. This enables these extensions to gradually draw out as the stack increases in height, and the whiffletrees are thus kept near the ground, where the animals used for propellingthemechanism canbe readilyattachcd thereto. Bods B counect the arms B of the stacker and serve the combined purpose of draft and stay rods. They also help to guide and divide the straw or hay when it first falls upon the stack.

The cross-head G is composed of arms crossing each other, and serves to connect and support the arms B.

The box D is simply an ordinary box for round shafts, andisusually made of cast metal. It is inserted in the cross-head G, and is securely attached thereto. Near the upper end an annular groove is formed therein, in which the ring E is secured and moves. The ring E fits into the groove in the box D, which turns therein. A projection, e, rises therefrom and extends over the top of the box and enters a groove, e, in the pole A, which prevents the ring from turning with the box, and thus secures the rope F from being twisted around the pole.

The rope F is attached to the projecting part of the device E and passes up over the pulleys A and H to the spool F. By turning this spool the box D, eross'head G, and arms B are raised or lowered, as may be necessary.

The guy-ropes Gr, props H, and whifiiletrees I are not ditferentfrom similar articles in com mon use, and need no special mention.

In Fig. 8 the pole A is like the pole A in the preceding figures, except that it is mounted in a step, a, and revolves, while the box D hasaninternal spline,which fits into the groove in the pole, and therefore revolves with it, carrying also the cross-head and arms. This shaft or pole is driven by the gear-wheel J,which has asquare opening in its hub, which fits onto the top end of said pole. The gear-wheel J is in turn driven by the wheel K, and this by the shaft L, which is driven from a point on the thrashing-machine, or in some other suitable manner. In the construction shown in this figure the straw-carrier M takes the straw directly from the thrashing-machine and delivers it at or near the center of the stack.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The straw or hay is delivered by any convenient means upon the stack, preferably near the center. The arms B are put in motion and drag the hay or straw around, distributing it evenly over the stack and packing it tightly by their weight. The shape ofthe stack is determined principally by the use of the guiding-fingers I). When it is desired to throw the hay orstraw outwardly the thumb-screws are turned so as to draw the free ends of said fingers toward the outer edge of the stack.

When it is desired to push the hay or straw toward the center the thumb screws are turned in the reverse direction. When it is desired that the movement of the straw shall be different in different parts of the stack, one set of the fingers is positioned differently from the other set. The building up of the stack in the center can also be accelerated by raising the central portion of the mechanism of the stacker by means of the rope F. In both constructions shown the arms and guiding-fingers operate in the same manner, the means of operating them being the difference between them, which is, briefly, that in one case the power is applied to the arms of the stacker, while in the other it is applied to the pole or shaft on which they are mounted.

Having thus fully described my said inven tion, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a hay or straw stacker, ofthe central pole and the revolvingarms, said pole being substantially vertical, and said armsbeing adapted to continuously bearupou and move over the surface of the stack while the same is in process of being built, all substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, in a hay or straw stacker, of the central shaft, the revolving arms, and the guiding arms or fingers b, substantiall'yas shown and described, and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination, with the arms B of a straw or hay stacker, of fingers 1), rod B and thumb screws B passing through bearings secured to said arms, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination of the pole A, crosshead G, arms B, and extensions B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 19th day ot'August, A. 1). 1881.

JOHN Q. A. NEWSOM.

In presence ot'- G. BRADFORD, HARRY ROACH. 

